COVID-19

Greg Hunt defends Pfizer deal ‘go slow’

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Emails released under Freedom of Information show the Commonwealth did not immediately take up an offer for a detailed briefing ...

Victoria to hit 1000 cases a day within weeks

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The extreme cases are among almost 800 severe Covid patients forecast to need hospital beds as Victoria’s ­active Covid cases ...

Cops turn away mourners from funeral

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Radio station 2GB reported “about 100 people” turned up for the funeral service. But police said no rules were breached, ...

Victoria records 221 cases; Qld slams Morrison ‘games’

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It’s a slight decrease from two consecutive days of 246 daily cases on Monday and Tuesday.Of the 221 cases reported ...

Qld ‘not told’ about extra vaccine supply

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Greg Hunt said on Tuesday the state had the lowest vaccine ordering rate in the country, taking only 78 per ...

‘Take it serious’: TikTok star’s teary plea

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Eessa Abdallah posted a video to his popular TikTok account @eessavibe detailing how his mother was not doing well with ...

Victoria records 221 new local cases

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It’s a slight decrease from two consecutive days of 246 daily cases on Monday and Tuesday.Of the 221 cases reported ...

When Victoria will hit vaccine target

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But when will we reach our target to have 70 to 80 per cent of the population fully vaccinated, and ...

ICU nurses’ warning ahead of case surge

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The stark warning comes as the health system is set to come under strain as the Delta outbreak worsens with ...

‘The nerve’: Qld’s fury over ‘taken’ vaccines

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Deputy Premier Steven Miles accused the federal Health Minister over criticism levelled at the state regarding its vaccine numbers, which ...

Southwest can’t be locked down while Mosman parties, says Bill

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Appearing Tuesday morning on the Today Show, Shorten said, “Well, the reality is it should be one in all in. ...

‘The nerve’: Qld’s fury over ‘taken’ vaccines

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Deputy Premier Steven Miles accused the federal Health Minister over criticism levelled at the state regarding its vaccine numbers, which ...

NSW records 1220 new local Covid-19 cases

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There were also eight deaths of people with the virus, she added.More to come. Powered by WPeMatico

Qld’s Covid success ‘for nothing’: expert

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and chief health officer Jeannette Young have both repeatedly declared a community cluster emerging in the state ...

Qld test refusers put 900 families in iso

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No new local cases were reported on Monday and the state’s top doctor assuredly said the threat from the cluster ...

Powderfinger hit spearheads Covid vax campaign

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Mirroring the frustrations of lockdowns, after the ad flashes on a fan singing the lyric “How can I do this ...

Hotline chaos for year 12 jab bookings

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More than 50,000 VCE students and staff need to get two vaccination doses by October 5 when they sit the ...

NSW records 1281 new local Covid-19 cases

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Five people died with Covid, Ms Berejiklian added.More to come. Powered by WPeMatico

Tough border rules keep young girl from family

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Maddyson Langley, 7, cries herself to sleep at night because she can’t get home to her mum and brother, who ...

Baby and child fighting for lives on ventilators in Sydney

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A baby and a child aged under 10 who are both being treated for Covid have been placed on ventilators ...

New exposure site listed for Qld

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State authorities listed a site at Archerfield overnight after the truck driver tested positive to the virus.The truck driver was ...

183 new cases, hospo wants us to get the jab

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Victoria has recorded 183 new local Covid cases overnight, 101 of which are linked to known outbreaks. A total of ...

When interstate travel will return

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The PM told the Sunday Herald Sun the national plan to reopen states with 80 per cent vaccination will bring ...

NSW records 1533 new Covid-19 cases

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It comes after the state recorded 1431 cases and 12 deaths on Friday, with a warning that cases could still ...

US suspicious of Wuhan lab ‘for years’

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Former director of the National Security Agency Mike Rogers, appointed under president Barack Obama, has revealed there were concerns about ...

‘Possible’: Qld’s lockdown warning

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One new locally-acquired case was officially recorded on Saturday – a four-year-old girl whose infection was announced on Friday.She is ...

Vic cases continue to climb, with more Pfizer jabs coming

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The continued rise in cases in Victoria comes on top of the 208 cases recorded on Friday, as a harsh ...

NSW records new high of 1,533 Covid cases, 4 more deaths

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NSW recorded 1,533 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours and four more deaths as the state continues to ...

Social and behavioural insights COVID-19 data collection tool for Africa

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The pandemic continues to highlight a pressing need to use social and behavioural data alongside biomedical data to mount an ...

Joint Statement of the Multilateral Leaders Taskforce on Scaling COVID-19 Tools

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At its third meeting, the Multilateral Leaders Taskforce on COVID-19 (MLT), the heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank ...